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Band Dynamics
1980 : Brian Johnson replaces the deceased Bon Scott in AC/DC. Johnson's first album with the band is Back In Black, which becomes the second-best selling album worldwide to Thriller. |
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Awards and Honors (1)
| 1988 : Sonny Bono (Sonny & Cher) is inaugurated as mayor of Palm Springs, CA. |
Band Dynamics (3)
| 1975 : The Raspberries split up. |
| 1980 : Brian Johnson replaces the deceased Bon Scott in AC/DC. Johnson's first album with the band is Back In Black, which becomes the second-best selling album worldwide to Thriller. |
| 1982 : Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a world tour, but split up again in the midst of it. |
Births (6)
| 1892 : Germaine Tailleferre |
| 1934 : Dickie Goodman |
| 1941 : Bobby Russell |
| 1942 : Alan Price (The Animals) |
| 1947 : Mark Volman (The Turtles, Flo and Eddie, Mothers of Invention) |
| 1956 : Rod Morgenstein (Winger) |
Charts (5)
| 1960 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Elvis Presley's Stuck on You |
| 1970 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: the Jackson 5's ABC |
| 1980 : Call Me becomes Blondie's second #1 single in the US. |
| 1989 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Madonna's Like A Prayer |
| 2008 : With I'm A Fire, Donna Summer becomes the first artist to have a song reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the chart’s 1974 debut. |
Concerts and Festivals (1)
| 2009 : The Flaming Lips celebrate Earth Day with a performance on the National Mall in Washington, DC. |
Deaths (4)
| 1993 : Steve Douglas |
| 1997 : Eldon Hoke (The Mentors) |
| 2003 : Cholly Atkins |
| 2012 : Levon Helm (The Band) |
Debuts (2)
| 1962 : Jackie Wilson debuts at the Copacabana in New York. |
| 2004 : A stage musical version of the film, Jailhouse Rock opens in London. |
Miscellaneous (2)
| 1956 : Clyde McPhatter is discharged from the U.S. Army. |
| 1968 : George Harrison and John Lennon bail out of their meditation lessons with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi two weeks early; later, all four Beatles publicly distance themselves from the Maharishi. |
TV, Radio, Press (1)
| 1990 : The TV movie, Summer Dreams: The Story Of The Beach Boys airs on ABC. |
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